New Releases by Lee Goldberg

After dozens of Hollywood apartment buildings erupt in flames during a single night of terror, arson investigators Walter Sharpe and Andrew Walker are assigned to catch the serial torcher and end his spree. But then a catastrophic fire destroys a major freeway, crippling the city and forcing Sharpe and Walker to take on another massive case....

Vacant homes in a new housing development are erupting into flames in broad daylight with no apparent cause. It''s a perplexing mystery for dogged arson investigator Walter Sharpe and his restless new partner, Andrew Walker, an ex-US marshal who craves action....

A gated dream town for the megarich becomes a murderous nightmare in a riveting Eve Ronin thriller by #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Goldberg. Hidden Hills is a private celebrity enclave of white picket fences and horse trails that seems to exist in a dreamworld. But when reality superstar Kitty Winslow is killed within their gates and corpses are found in the vast state park outside them, LASD detective Eve Ronin realizes there is a deadly, razor-thin line between what''s real and what''s imagined. Eve discovers that Kitty''s surreal on- and off-camera life, a blur of fact and fantasy, shockingly mirrors her own as she struggles to investigate the killings, wade into a music industry war, and battle a vicious Chilean gang--all while her life is being turned into a fictional cop show directed by her estranged father. Eve''s grip on reality and the case is strained to the breaking point as the slayings continue, the media frenzy reaches a fever pitch, and the only inescapable truth she can see is death...and it''s coming for her.

"Hell comes to Southern California every October. It rides in on searing Santa Ana winds that blast at near hurricane force, igniting voracious wildfires. Master thief Danny Cole longs for the flames. A tsunami of fire is exactly what he needs to pull off a daring crime and avenge a fallen friend. As the most devastating firestorms in Los Angeles''s history scorch the hills of Malibu, relentless arson investigator Walter Sharpe and his wild card of a new partner, Andrew Walker, a former US marshal, suspect that someone set the massive blazes intentionally, a terrifying means to an unknown end"--

From #1 New York Times bestselling author LEE GOLDBERG, author of THE WALK and the MONK mysteries.... and co-author of the Fox & O''Hare novels with Janet Evanovich... comes the third, kick-ass book in the action-packed JURY SERIES, the novels that launched his career in the 1980s.THE CLOCK IS TICKING...AND THE HANDS ARE DRIPPING BLOODA sadist with a hunger for victims is talking the streets of Los Angeles--leaving a trail of destruction which threatens to engulf the city in racial violence. And he''s calling himself...Mr. Jury. Now vigilante Brett Macklin, the real Mr. Jury, is hitting the killing ground with just seventy hours to hunt down the deadly impostor and clear his name. All he has to do is take on an army of fanatical white supremacists, stop a news-hungry reporter from digging too deep into his past, and save a tough black cop from being buried alive. Time and luck are running out."As stunning as the report of a .357 Magnum, a dynamic premiere effort [...] The Best New Paperback Series of the year!" West Coast Review of Books(Originally published as the third book in the ".357 Vigilante" series under the pen name Ian Ludlow)Other books in the series: JUDGMENT ADJOURNED GUILTY

A simple sting operation takes a violent and unexpected turn for Detective Eve Ronin in a gripping thriller by #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Goldberg. Los Angeles County Sheriff''s detective Eve Ronin and her soon-to-retire partner, Duncan Pavone, are running a 24-7 sting in a guard-gated enclave of palatial homes in Calabasas. Their luxury McMansion is a honey trap, set to lure in the violent home invaders terrorizing the community. The trap works, leaving three intruders dead, a body count that nearly includes Eve and Duncan. Eve''s bosses are eager to declare the case closed, but there are too many unanswered questions for her to let go. Was the trap actually for her, bloody payback for Eve''s very public takedown of a clique of corrupt deputies? Or is there an even deadlier secret lurking behind those opulent gates? Eve''s refusal to back down and her relentless quest for the truth make her both the hunter...and the prey.

Eve Ronin acaba de cumplir su sueño de ingresar en el equipo de Homicidios del condado de Los Ángeles. Lo ha logrado gracias a un vídeo viral en el que detiene a un famoso actor hollywoodiense pasado de vueltas. El departamento necesita lavar su imagen tras algunas actuaciones desastrosas y ascender a una figura mediática como Ronin puede ayudar. Perspicaz, metódica y obstinada, ella sabe que se merece el puesto, pero tiene que demostrárselo a sus colegas, casi todos hombres, más curtidos y mayores que ella. Con su primer caso serio se juega su futura reputación. Al menos cuenta con un compañero a punto de jubilarse que le puede enseñar algunos trucos. Ambos acuden a una casa unifamiliar en la que varias habitaciones están bañadas en sangre. Todo apunta a que ahí se ha producido una matanza, pero no hay ningún cadáver.

Quand la très brillante agent du FBI Kate O''Hare a appris qu''elle allait faire équipe avec Nicolas Fox, voleur de renommée internationale et arnaqueur professionnel, elle a failli s''étouffer d''indignation. Mais elle doit bien se rendre à l''évidence : l''ingéniosité de cet escroc hors du commun ne sera pas de trop pour traquer les plus grands criminels de la planète... Leur prochaine cible ? Carter Grove. L''ancien bras droit du Président a volé un rare artefact chinois du Smithsonian, un crime susceptible d''anéantir les relations diplomatiques entre Chine et États-Unis. Avec le soutien d''une équipe haute en couleur, Nick et Kate vont œuvrer dans l''ombre... De Washington à Shanghai en passant par les Highlands et Montréal, un nouveau tome, haletant et hilarant, de la série best-seller Fox et O''Hare ! « Evanovich à son meilleur niveau !» - Booklist

When a passenger jet crashes onto the beaches of Waikiki, best-selling thriller writer Ian Ludlow knows the horrific tragedy wasnt an accident, forcing Ian to go on the run, pursued by assassins and a global intelligence network that wants him dead.

Hit the beach with three funny, fast-paced summer reads, including a smokin’ hot Stephanie Plum novel—now in a special ebook bundle from #1 New York Times bestselling author Janet Evanovich! In THE HEIST, Evanovich teams up with Lee Goldberg, bestselling author and television writer for Monk, for the first adventure in an electrifying series featuring Kate O’Hare, an FBI agent who always gets her man, and Nicolas Fox, a fearless con artist who lives for the chase. In WICKED BUSINESS, Lizzy Tucker’s once normal life as a pastry chef in Salem, Massachusetts, turns upside down as she battles both sinister forces and an inconvenient attraction to her unnaturally talented but off-limits partner, Diesel. And in SMOKIN’ SEVENTEEN, Stephanie Plum is under pressure to choose between her on-again-off-again boyfriend, Trenton cop Joe Morelli, and the bad boy in her life, security expert Ranger. With a cold-blooded killer after her, a handful of hot men, and a capture list that includes a dancing bear and a senior citizen vampire, Stephanie’s life looks like it’s about to go up in smoke. Also includes excerpts from The Chase, Wicked Charms, and Explosive Eighteen as well as a preview of the first book in Janet Evanovich’s upcoming Knight and Moon series, Curious Minds, with co-author Phoef Sutton! Praise for Janet Evanovich “No less than her plotting, Evanovich’s characterizations are models of screwball artistry. . . . The intricate plot machinery of her comic capers is fueled by inventive twists.”—The New York Times “[Evanovich’s novels are] among the great joys of contemporary crime fiction.”—GQ “Chutzpah and sheer comic inventiveness . . . The Evanovich/Plum books [are] good fun.”—The Washington Post “Laugh-out-loud funny.”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch “Brilliantly evocative.”—The Denver Post “The Heist is the perfect title to carry on a trip to the beach. The laugh out loud humor that readers expect from Evanovich is in full force, and [Lee] Goldberg’s crafty and elaborate writing is prominent. . . . Everyone will be eager for the next book in the series.”—Associated Press “[The Fox and O’Hare series mixes] the humor from Evanovich and Goldberg’s books with the intricate cons seen in the best episodes of Mission: Impossible.”—Library Journal

« Evanovich est à son meilleur niveau ici, avec le soutien de Lee Goldberg ! Le premier titre de cette série est une démonstration de leurs talents. » Booklist Après des années de traque et une arrestation éclatante, Kate O''Hare, agent spécial du FBI, pensait en avoir fini avec Nicolas Fox, le voleur le plus recherché au monde. Mais c''était sans compter sur l''ingéniosité de l''escroc qui parvient, une fois de plus, à s''en sortir en offrant tout simplement ses services au FBI ! Faire équipe avec ce prince du bluff, ce malfaiteur arrogant qui ne cesse de la narguer ? Pas de problème, s''ils ne s''entretuent pas avant ! Kate n''a aucune confiance en cet homme plus qu''énervant, mais terriblement charmant... Des hôtels de luxe de Palm Springs aux îles paradisiaques d''Indonésie infestées de pirates, leur première mission va les entraîner dans des aventures aussi rocambolesques que dangereuses. « L''humour à pleurer de rire que l''on attend d''Evanovich est meilleur que jamais, et l''écriture astucieuse et élaborée de Goldberg est remarquable. Tout le monde attendra avec impatience le prochain tome de la série. » - Associated Press

Kate und Nick auf der Spur eines schokoladensüchtigen Drogenbarons. Ein neuer Auftrag für das Dreamteam wider Willen, FBI-Agentin Kate O’Hare und Trickdieb Nick Fox – und ihr bislang gefährlichster. Denn O’Hare und Fox sollen niemand Geringeres dingfest machen als den Anführer des globalen Drogenhandels. Das Problem: Nachdem er sich einer Generalüberholung beim Schönheitschirurgen unterzogen hat, wissen sie weder, wie der Mann aussieht, noch wo er sich aufhält. Nur ihre Köder stehen fest: Luxusschokolade und glänzende Goldschätze. Nick und Kate ermitteln weltweit, eine bunte Helfertruppe an ihrer Seite. Gemeinsam könnten sie diesen Fall zu Fox’ und O’Hares größtem Coup machen – zumindest, wenn sie überleben ...

Eine brillante E-Book Only Kurzgeschichte um FBI Special Agent Kate O’Hare und ihren Gegenspieler Nicolas Fox. Kate hat eine Mission: den international gesuchten – und äußerst attraktiven – Trickbetrüger Nicolas Fox hinter Gitter zu bringen. Als sie herausfindet, dass eine Bande Krimineller plant, ein Luxuspenthouse in Chicago auszuräumen, während der Hausherr Hochzeit feiert, ist sich Kate sicher, dass Fox seine Finger im Spiel hat. Das Problem: Erstens muss sie ihren Boss davon überzeugen, dass der Hochzeitsplaner Merrill Stubin in Wahrheit auf den Namen Nick Fox hört. Zweitens muss sie ihn festsetzen, ohne das Society-Event des Jahres zu stören. Und drittens: Was passiert, wenn Kate ihren Traumma... äh ... Erzfeind endlich in die Finger kriegt?

FBI agent Kate O''Hare must once again covertly team up with brilliant con man Nicholas Fox to take down Carter Grove, a former White House chief of staff who has stolen a rare Chinese artifact from the Smithsonian.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg have teamed up for a dynamic new series featuring an FBI agent who’s on the hunt—and a master con artist who’s enjoying the chase. The con is on in this eBook original short story that’s a triumphant prequel to The Heist. FBI special agent Kate O’Hare has made it her mission to nail international con artist Nicolas Fox. When she discovers his plot to plunder a venture capitalist’s twentieth-story Chicago penthouse of all its cash and treasures while the self-proclaimed “King of Hostile Takeovers” is getting married, Kate is 85 percent—okay maybe 92 percent—sure that she’s finally going to bag Nick Fox. Problem is, first Kate has to convince her boss, building security, and maybe even herself, that wedding planner Merrill Stubing is actually Nicolas Fox. Second, she has to figure out how to corner and capture him without disrupting the event of the year. And third, what’s going to happen once O’Hare finally gets her hands on Fox? It’s going take a pro to catch a con before the fireworks over Lake Michigan go off.

Welcome to the series of original mysteries starring Adrian Monk, the brilliant investigator who always knows when something’s out of place.... The future is looking bright for Adrian Monk. Natalie is working as a cop in Summit, his brother is a week away from getting married, and Monk has a new assistant—and even a girlfriend. All this change doesn’t keep him from work, though. He’s investigating a string of accidental deaths and suicides that he believes are actually murders. But when Monk’s suspect is killed, he must face the fact that he might be wrong. Have stability and happiness robbed Monk of his mojo? Meanwhile, Monk’s imprisoned arch nemesis, the morbidly obese criminal mastermind Dale the Whale, is being transferred from prison to San Francisco General Hospital for an operation. When Dale escapes and all signs point to Captain Stottlemeyer as his accomplice, Monk will have to reboot his detective skills to clear the captain’s name—and prove that he’s still the one and only Monk.

Welcome to the series of original mysteries starring Adrian Monk, the brilliant investigator who always knows when something''s out of place... No one likes to come home to a mess--least of all Monk and Natalie. But when they return from an extended stay in New Jersey, Natalie discovers that somebody has been sleeping in her bed. But this Goldilocks isn''t asleep. She''s dead. And stuffed under the mattress, investigators find marked money from a Federal sting operation. Now Natalie''s life is a real mess, and she needs Monk to help clean it up. Meanwhile, Monk''s brother Ambrose is desperate to find his missing girlfriend, Yuki--but his agoraphobia prevents him from leaving the house. With Monk forced to do double duty, the body count rises, and so do Monk''s suspicions about Yuki''s dangerous past...

When the local government of Summit, New Jersey, is hit with a string of arrests, Chief of Police Randy Disher finds himself acting as mayor. With a town to run and a series of robberies to investigate, he calls on Adrian Monk to serve as a temporary policeman.

#1 New York Times Bestselling Author Los Angeles cop John "Tidal Wave" McGrave is an unstoppable force of nature who always gets his man...even if it means laying waste to everything around him, including his own career...which is exactly what happens in his pursuit of Sebastian Richter, the ruthless leader of an international gang of violent thieves. When Richter flees to Berlin, McGrave chases after him...even though the cop doesn''t know the language, the laws, or the culture. But McGrave doesn''t care...he speaks the universal language of knee in the groin and fist in the face...and he won''t let anything get in his way. Hold on tight for a wild, rollicking, action-adventure novella that captures all of the fun, excitement and pure escapist pleasure of the "Dirty Harry," "Lethal Weapon" and "Die Hard" movies...with the humor, sharp dialogue and inventiveness that you''ve come to expect from Lee Goldberg, #1 New York Times bestselling author of "The Walk," "Watch Me Die," "The Dead Man," fifteen hilarious Adrian Monk mysteries and the five globally bestselling Fox & O''Hare novels co-written with Janet Evanovich. "McGrave" is guaranteed to leave you breathless...and with a big smile on your face. CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR McGRAVE: "Sitting down to read McGrave is like getting hit in the face with a double-fistload of two-by-four. For those of you who thrill to the throaty roar of a V-8 engine and long for the days when policework came from Bruce Willis University, Lee Goldberg has got a read for you. Strap in and hold tight," Mel Odom, author of the Left Behind Apocalypse series "Lee Goldberg has answered one of my prayers. A new lawman-in-new-territory series. McGrave is everything I''ve been waiting for. The L.A. detective ends up across the pond, bringing American bravado to the streets of Berlin. This a first-rate, one-night read. For me it''s a five-star implementation of a five-star idea," Mugshots Blog "Goldberg pulls off a very neat trick, producing a yarn that''s part serious, part satire, and all action. It seems like I had a grin on my face the whole time I was reading it. I loved it," James Reasoner, author of Texas Wind "This book is the literary equivalent of buffalo wings and boilermakers. " Post Modern Pulps "It''s terrific. Non-stop action and a lot of laughs. Reading it was like watching a great action movie." Bill Crider, author of Outrage at Blanco.

Randy Disher has been living with Monk''s old assistant Sharona in Summit, NJ, working as the Chief of Police. But when the mayor, the city manager and the majority of city council are arrested for fraud, Disher finds himself acting as mayor.

With help from Monk''s agoraphobic brother, his loyal assistant Natalie tackles her own investigation while Adrian Monk tracks a second-hand couch that seems tied to a series of murders. Following a bloody trail, Natalie and Monk soon end up face-to-face with the most ruthless killer they''ve ever encountered.

BOOK #5 in thrilling DEAD MAN saga, the action/horror series that readers and book critics alike are hailing as "an epic tale" that compares to the best of Stephen King and Dean Koontz...Matt Cahill finds himself trapped atop a blood-red mesa in the desolate American Southwest when an archeological dig goes terribly, dangerously wrong, awakening an ancient evil with an insatiable hunger. Now Matt, armed only with his trusty ax, must somehow escape...rescue a handful of terrified innocents... and prevent a slaughter of epic proportions.

With his job secure and his wife''s murder finally solved, Adrian Monk is feeling strangely satisfied. He''d like his agoraphobic brother Ambrose to feel the same way so Monk puts a secret ingredient in Ambrose''s birthday cake - sleeping pills.

California and Adrian Monk are in a financial crisis when he''s fired by the SFPD and finds his savings are gone. Bob Sebes, the leader of Reinier Investments, swindled his clients, including Monk. Whena key witness is killed, Monk is convince that Sebes, under house-arrest, did it. Being jobless and broke, Monk can devote all of his obsessive energy to solving this latest mystery.

Monk''s been swindled out of his savings but now it''s payback time, in the latest original mystery featuring everyone''s favorite OCD detective. In the midst of a financial crisis, the SFPD fires Adrian Monk as a consultant. Monk figures he can live off his savings for a while. Then Natalie learns that Monk invested his money some time ago with Bob Sebes, the charismatic leader of Reinier Investments, who''s just been arrested on charges of orchestrating a massive $100 million fraud. All of Sebes'' clients including Monk are completely wiped out financially. When the key witness in the government''s case against Sebes is killed, Monk is convinced that Sebes did it, but the man has been under house arrest with a horde of paparazzi in front of his building 24/7. Monk may be broke, but he''s got plenty of time on his hands to solve this latest mystery.

An all-new novel starring the obsessively beloved TV detective who has no patience for the crooked...